Sec. 504.258. ELECTION TO REDUCE OR INCREASE TAX RATE. (a) An authorizing municipality that has imposed a sales and use tax under this chapter may, in the same manner and by the same procedure as the municipality imposed the tax, reduce or increase the tax rate by a majority of the voters of the municipality voting at an election held for that purpose.
(b) On petition of 10 percent or more of the registered voters of the authorizing municipality requesting an election to reduce or increase the tax rate under this chapter, the governing body of the municipality shall order an election on the issue.
(c) The tax rate may be reduced or increased to any rate that is an increment of one-eighth of one percent, that the authorizing municipality determines is appropriate, and that would not result in a combined rate that exceeds the maximum combined rate prescribed by Section 504.254(a).
(d) The ballot for an election under this section shall be printed in the same manner as the ballot under Section 504.256.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1246 (H.B. 157), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 12 - Planning and Development
Chapter 504 - Type a Corporations
Subchapter F. Sales and Use Tax
Section 504.251. Tax Authorized
Section 504.254. Combined Tax Rate
Section 504.255. Applicability of Tax Code
Section 504.257. Limitation on Duration of Tax
Section 504.258. Election to Reduce or Increase Tax Rate
Section 504.259. Reduction of Tax Within Regional Transportation Authority
Section 504.260. Limited Sales and Use Tax for Specific Project
Section 504.261. Concurrent Election With Election Under Tax Code